Square Grand/HT Temperaments

[Mmeade1pno@AOL.COM]

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A point I've long pondered but yet addressed. Yes, absolutely, I agree that 
the older instruments are more appropriate in HT than modern grands. I 
believe the real issue is not the color of the thirds, but the fourths in the 
upper registers. On modern grands, fourths tuned to a 1/4  comma sound bad! I 
can live with the 1/6 comma fourths, therefore I find that I can't expect 
musicians to accept a tuning where the fourths are more out of tune than a 
1/6 comma. However, 1/4 commas just do not sound as uincomfortable on forte 
pianos or harpsichords, lending more leeway to tune with purer thirds. 

                                                Michael Meade RPT

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